Denise still didn’t want to take the exam. The next day, after school, Nancy took her daughter to the best shop in Lincoln for ballet shoes. They bought a pair of beautiful shoes and other things. Denise liked the shoes so much that she decided to take the exam. Nancy knew that Denise only needed a little persuasion in a special way.
1. When was Denise nervous?
2. Where was she when she became nervous?
3. Was the class before or after school?
4. Was she alone or was she with the other students?
5. Who did the teacher tell them was coming?
6. Where was this woman from?
7. What was she going to give the students?
8. When was she going to give the exam?
9. How often was the exam held?
10. Did all the girls have to take the exam?
11. Which girls had to take the exam?
12. Was this the first or the second exam?
13. What did they become if they passed the exam?
14. What category did they start in?
15. What did the teacher tell them to tell their parents?
16. Did Denise want to take the exam?
17. Why didn’t she want to take it?
18. When did she tell her mother about the exam?
19. Did she want to become a member of the Academy?
20. Why didn’t she want to become a member?
21. What did the teacher think about Denise’s potential?
22. Did Nancy tell her she had good technique or style?
23. Did she tell her that the exam was easy or difficult?
24. Did this convince Denise to take the exam?
25. Where did Nancy take Denise?
26. When did she take her to the shop?
27. What did they buy?
28. What was Denise’s opinion of the ballet shoes?
29. What did she decide to do?
30. What did Nancy know about her daughter?
20. LUIGI BARGHINI
Luigi Barghini spent three days in Germany last week. He flew to Stuttgart with his daughter, Anna, the General Manager of Luigi’s company. They stayed at the Regency Hotel. On the first day, they had a meeting in the morning with the Chairman of Mercedes Benz. The meeting started at 11:00 a.m. and lasted 45 minutes. They spent a lot of the 45 minutes talking about the Agnelli family at Fiat. At 12 o’clock, Luigi and Anna had lunch with the Chairman and with the Managing Director in the private dining room on the top floor. They talked about the market situation for luxury cars and about the competition from Japanese car makers. After lunch, Luigi and Anna went back to the hotel and spent two hours planning the three meetings for the next day. In the evening, they had dinner with the Purchasing Manager of Mercedes, Karl Polster. Karl knew Anna very well because the two companies were negotiating a contract for car seats. Karl was 34 years old and single and he liked Anna very much. He was in favor of working with Luigi’s company because he wanted to continue seeing Anna as much as possible. She was beautiful and rich. He knew that she was single but he didn’t know if she was having a relationship with anyone in Italy. During dinner, Luigi noticed that Karl was paying a lot of attention to Anna, but he didn’t say anything to his daughter later that night. He wanted to concentrate on the important meetings for the next day.
1. When did Luigi Barghini go to Germany?
2. How many days did he stay there?
3. What city did he fly to?
4. Did he go to Stuttgart alone?
5. Who did he fly to Stuttgart with?
6. What hotel did they stay at?
7. Did they have three meetings on the first day?
8. How many meetings did they have on the first day?
9. Who did they have the meeting with?
10. Did they talk about a possible contract?
11. What family did they talk about during the meeting?
12. Who did Luigi and Anna have lunch with?
13. Did they have lunch in a local restaurant?
14. Where did they have lunch?
15. What two things did they talk about during lunch?
16. Did Luigi and Anna stay at Mercedes after lunch?
17. Where did they go after lunch?
18. What did they spend two hours doing?
19. How many meetings did they have for the next day?
20. Who did they have dinner